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Otello | Classical review

6188 days ago
Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonIn Colin Davis's long career in the opera house, Verdi has never figured prominently among his specialities. With the London Symphony, though, he seems to filling that gap. There have been live recordings of Falstaff and the Requiem a... more info

Gareth Davies: How Mahler changed my life

6203 days ago
Guardian Music — We often talk about the transformative power of music, but for flautist Gareth Davies, Mahler's 10th Symphony inspired a remarkable recoveryTomorrow night at the Barbican, the London Symphony Orchestra play Mahler's 10th Symphony, in Deryck Cooke's c... more info

LSO/Harding | Classical review

6207 days ago
Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonFor all the confidence and accomplishment of Jörg Widmann's music, there's something profoundly unsatisfying, almost trivial about it. The latest significant Widmann score to reach London is his 2007 violin concerto, composed for C... more info

LSO/Järvi | Classical review

6219 days ago
Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonJames MacMillan's trumpet concerto, Epiclesis, formed the centrepiece of this London Symphony programme under Kristjan Järvi. Like much of MacMillan's output, this 1993 work draws its inspiration from his Catholic faith. Its Greek... more info

Watch Grizzly Bear With The London Symphony Orchestra

6220 days ago
Stereogum — The same night the Dessner brothers closed their three-day orchestral stand at BAM, Grizzly Bear performed a Halloween one-off with LSO at Barbican, UK. Watch an enveloping "Southern Point" at YouTube. more info

Grizzly Bear - He Hit Me And it Felt Like A Kiss (Crystals cover)

6223 days ago
Abeano — As previously documented on this blog, Grizzly Bear’s ‘Veckatimest’ is one of our favourite albums of the year. Tomorrow, the band are being joined by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican , which sounds like it will be fantastic... more info

WEB/TECH: Understanding Facebook Artist Pages vs. Profiles

6225 days ago
All About Jazz — CEO Patrick Faucher and his team at artist services provider Nimbit have been creating the tools and infrastructure for indie and d.i.y. artists to build and monetize their fanbases for more than 5 years. Most recently, their Nimbit MyStore direct to... more info

Hugh Masekela - 10th Dec 09 - Barbican Hall

6227 days ago
I Like Music — Legendary trumpeter celebrates his 70th birthday with the London Symphony Orchestra, 10 Dec 09 more info

A Celebration of Richard Hickox

6234 days ago
Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonIt is 11 months now since Richard Hickox died with such numbing suddenness, and the loss to British music is still being calculated. A trust has been established to continue his work – to sponsor performances and recordings of ... more info

LSO/Gergiev

6260 days ago
Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonAfter opening the LSO's season with Debussy and Ravel, Valery Gergiev continued his exploration of the French repertoire with Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust, a choice that will doubtless be viewed as contentious in some quarters. Th... more info

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